Jan Willem Th. van Welzenis
1981 Born in Oudewater, The Netherlands
Liives in Oranjestad, Aruba, Caribbean Sea
Grants, awards
2018 Grant from Dordrecht City Council
2016 Grant from Dordrecht City Council
2015 De Scheffer Art Prize, shortlist
2015 Royal Award for Modern Painting, longlist
2014 Grant from Dordrecht City Council
2012 Grant from The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK)
Solo exhibitions
2022 CO | MO contemporary and modern art. Dordrecht
2018 CO | MO contemporary and modern art. Dordrecht
2016 Galerie Hein Elferink. Staphorst
2015 Galerie Hein Elferink. Staphorst
2015 Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair, Galerie Hein Elferink. Rotterdam
2012 Alla Prima, Pictura Dordrecht
2012 The Grant Bradley Gallery. Bristol. United Kingdom
Group exhibitions
2024 Garden of Gestures, Aruba, Caribbean Sea / Antwerp, Belgium
2024 Abstracte Abstracten, Galerie Ecker
2023 Het Altijd Zijnde, Breda
2022 Kara Kitap, The Court, Pescara, Italy
2022 PEK, Visserhallen, IJmuiden
2020 Unlocked/Reconnected, duo wall painting with Jasper van der Graaf, RUIT Omstand, Arnhem
2018 Notre Dame des Fleurs, De Huiskamer. Amsterdam
2018 Who Loves the Sun, Pictura Dordrecht
2018 Ganz Nichts, Dordrecht
2018 Abstract Wall Paintings, ACEC, AWP Retrospect, Apeldoorn
2017 Abstract Wall Paintings, ACEC, De Stijl 100 Years, Apeldoorn (cat.)
2017 Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair. Boot with Galerie Hein Elferink, Rotterdam
2016 From Scratch, Pictura Dordrecht
2016 Kunstverein Recklinghausen. Germany
2012 Haften, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
Bibliography
2020 Antoon Erftemeier / Lars Been, Virtuoos! Israels tot Armando, Frans Hals Museum. Haarlem
2018 Peter Krüll, Bilderschreiben, Challenging Calligraphy, Maro Verlag, Nuremberg, Germany
2016 Jeroen Bosch, Viva the Artist Curator!, Tinque Art Paper #1, Antwerp, Belgium
2016 Aliha Thalien, Pudeur Magazine #1, Paris, France
2014 Philip A. Hartigan, A View From The Easel, Hyperallergic, New York, USA
2013 Cameron Patton, The Dead Dear, New York, USA
Education
2008-2009 University of Antwerp, Faculty of Arts, Philosophy. Antwerp, Belgium
2005-2006 Maastricht University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Culture. Maastricht
2005-2006 ABKM, Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Specialization: Painting & Drawing. Maastricht
2003-2005 AKI ArtEz Institute of the Arts, Specialization: Sculpture. Enschede
Curatorial
2015-2024 Founder and organizer artists initiative Abstracte
Upcoming
2025 Garden of Gestures, Belgium (Renwick Heronimo & Welzenis)
2024 Galerie P60 Assen (Abstracte)
2024 Garden of Gestures, Aruba, Caribbean Sea (Renwick Heronimo & Welzenis)
2024 Abstracte Abstracten, with Elsbeth Ciesluk, Arjan Janssen, Britte Koolen, Pjotr van Leeuwen, Bo Stokkermans, Jan Willem van Welzenis, Galerie Ecker Breda (Étoile du Nord & Abstracte)
2023 Het Altijd Zijnde, with Matea Bakula, Paul Gees, Arjan Janssen, Pjotr van Leeuwen, Sasha Saari, Breda (Abstracte)
2022 Kara Kitap, with Joshua Evan, Arjan Janssen, Riki Mijling, Esther Miquel, Peter Mohall, Maurizio Vicerè, Josef Zekoff. The Court, Pescara, Italy (The Court & Abstracte)
2022 PEK, with Kirstin Arndt, Peggy Franck, Joanne Greenbaum, Arjan Janssen, Britte Koolen. Visserhallen, IJmuiden (Abstracte)
2018 Constructor, with Kirstin Arndt, Bob Bonies, Erwin Cattoor, Willem Cole, Mario De Brabandere, Johan Gelper, Luc Hoekx, Arjan Janssen, Gracia Khouw, Jai Llewellyn, Riki Mijling, Karim Nouraldin, Lon Pennock, Vincent de Roder, Rainer Splitt, Shawn Stipling, Takashi Suzuki, Piet Tuytel, Galerie Noord-Zuid, Arendonk, Belgium (Luc Hoekx & Abstracte)
2018 Notre Dame des Fleurs, with Kirstin Arndt, Iris Bouwmeester, Henrik Eiben. De Huiskamer. Amsterdam (Abstracte)
2018 Who Loves the Sun, with Anna-Maria Bogner, Bob Bonies, Gabriele Herzog, Arjan Janssen, Franziska Reinbothe, Struan Teague, Piet Tuytel, Bart Vandevijvere, John Zinsser. Pictura Dordrecht (Abstracte)
2018 Ganz Nichts, with Arjan Janssen, Takashi Suzuki. Dordrecht (Abstracte)
2018 De Lachende Cavalier, with Tess Williams, Sasha Pichushkin, Struan Teague, Caterina Silva, W139, Dordrecht (Abstracte)
2016 From Scratch, with Kirstin Arndt, Koen Delaere, Wim De Pauw, Arjan Janssen, Jos van Merendonk, Vincent de Roder, Tyra Tingleff. Pictura Dordrecht (Abstracte)
2012 Haften. with Claudia Bröer, Wouter van Schaik, Christoph Schrein, Thijs Veraart, Jan Willem van Welzenis, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam (Welzenis)
2006-2011
Bookseller in Maastricht and The Hague
Work in private collections in Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, United Kingdom, United States
